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or Sweitzer family, and the most generally used is as follows:

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Kxplmnation of the above Armorial Coat:

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who have impaled or otherwise defended
olties or who have supported the govern-
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AZURE - or Blue, signifies Loyalty and Truth. It was
the color devoted to the Virgin by the Roman
Church,

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SWORD - Is a weapon for execution and Justice. It is
the true emblem of military honor and should
incite the bearer to a Just and generous pursuit
of honor and virtue in warlike deeds.

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Be it known unto all men that, at the late hereunto subscribed,
..ichael Schweitzer, citizen and inhabitant of this place, having stated
before a full session of this Court that he is resolved to depart from
here for foreign countries in order to secure his fortune with his wife
and children in other parts, and as he supplicates a certificate and
attestation of his honest birth and parentage, which supplication it
would not be equitable to deny him, in order that in case of need he
may make use of such document to prove his peity, fidelity and industry,
and that no complaint has every been made aginst him:

Nov/ therefore, We, the Magistrate (Schulteiss) and all the Assessors

(Schoppen) of the Court herewith certify that, to our full knowledge, the
above named Micahel Schweitzer is of honest parentage, his father being

Johann Jacob Schweitzer and Anna Maria his lav/fully wedded wife, born
and bred here honestly.

. e therefore request everybody according to his respective rank

and position to accord to him the above mentioned Michael Schweitzer all
necessary aid and favour for the sake of his honest birth and pious
conduct.

For the more faithful and further affirmation of the foregoing,
We, at the request of the aforesaid Michael Schweitzer, have affixed
the Common Seal of this Court hereto, reserving to ourselves, however,
immunity from all injury and damage that might accrue therefrom to us.

Done and Delivered at Assernheim, near Hochdorf ,

the 4th day of May, Anno Domini, One Thousand Sever Hundred and Nine,

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OLD-TI . !ORDS RELATING TC THE EARLY DAYS OF TTT1S PROVE

by
Thomas W. Casey
in
Napanee Express, Feb. 1, 1901

On a spring morning in the year 1760, a remarkable group of persons were
assembled on the Custom House quay, in the ancient city of limerick, Ireland,
They were evidently about to leave their mother country for a land beyond
the sea. They were emigrants of a superior sort, all were well attired. It
s not poverty from which they fled, for their appearance was one of re-
spect ability.

r came this group of emigrants to be leaving the shores of Ireland
for the New T.rorld? They were of German origin, and had been driven by war
and persecution from the Palatinate, on the Rhine, and. found a home in
Ireland in the reign of good Queen Anne. Here they had lived for three gen-
erations, and continued to use the German language. Jo1- ! ey often
preached in their homes. In the good protest ant soil of those hearts the
seed of Methodism was early sown, and brought forth its natural fruit of
good living. When John Wesley, in 1753, passed through Ireland he records
that such a settlement could hardly be elsewhere found in either Ireland or
England.

Their ostensible reason for leaving the shores of dear old Ireland was
the improvement of their worldly circumstances. But God in his all-wise
fflftffiXMKMMK Providence was carrying out His own purposes and guiding the
frail bark. These earnest souls bore with them the leaven, which was to
leaven with its Spiri tu.nl life a whole continent.

The vessel contained Philip Embury and wife, Paul Heck and his wife,
Barbara, the Ruckles, Peter Switzer and wife and family. They landed in
Lew York August 10th, 1760. Here the Switzer family remained for some years.
During this time the first Methodist sermon was preached by Philip Bnbury,
a caroenter and local preacher. His wife, Mary Switzer, was a sister of
Peter Switzer. Philip Embury afterwards built a church on old John st.,
wit1^ his own hands, preached the dedicatory sermon, and so became the father
of Methodism in the U. S. of America.

In 1770 Peter Switzer moved with his family to Salem, Washington Co.,
N. Y., where Philip Embury died from an injury received while at wotk in
his field, at the early age of forty- five.

On the outbreak of the Revolutionary was these loyal Palatines, whose
forefathers had enjoyed a refuge under the British flag, would not share
the revolt against the mother country of the American colonies. Some of them
removed to Lower Canada.

THE SWITZER DESCENDANTS.

Peter Switzer was the father of six daughters and three sons. Three of
the daughters married and remained in N. Y. state. His eldest daughter Betty
was married to Garrett Miller in Hew York state and emigrated to Canada at
the time of the war. G. Miller came first and erected a log house. His uife
followed, accompanied by her brother, who carried her little daughter Re-
becca on his lap on his horse aroundl by the way of Montreal. Little Rebecca
when grown to womanhood married I ~~ush and settled in the Township of

Ernesttown. She was the honored grandmother of Messrs. John and Henry
Wilson and of Mrs. D. Wartman, of Selby.

Garrett and Betty Miller's descendants still people Ernesttown and are
living in comfort and respectability. Garrett and Betty Tiller's sons were

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Peter, Garrett, John and William. His three daughters
Bush, Mrs. David Perry and Mrs. s Doug all, Picton. Among his grand-

children are the late Cephas Miller, Hewburgh; Mrs. Phalen, Regina, I . .?.;
and Irs. Dr. I. . arth, of Collingwood. i Is gread 'en

are James and Peter E» .. -.erville; . arles Evans, Switzer-

ville; Mrs. Harvey Lake, .ixrvale; the lati . . McDonagh; the Rev. I^rs.

Tucr:or; I - , Mrs. . ' ■.son, Strathcona.

'dtzer, Peter Switzer' s second daughter, was n.Trried at CambriJ
'k, to Thorn y, and soon after emigrated to Canada and settled

in Ernesttown, then cr tively a :dlderness. She was one of the first to

cone the messengers of Salvation to her home. Her sons were Pet- ,
dstopher, George and Villi am, and one daughter, who b ..?e of

' cknell, a wealthy farmer residinf in Ernesttown. Peter Empey was a
very popular and efficient "local preacher in the Methodist Church. His

"erful exhort ations and musical voice will long be remembered by some of
the early pioneers in this county. William Empey became a travelling min-
ister in Hew York state. George and Christopher were agriculturists Using
in Ernesttown. These brothers have long since passed to their reward; but
with the older people their memory is still fragrant. .Among 1 . cry
Empey' s grandchildren are:- Mrs. Felix Hooper and her daughter, Mrs. U.
Horley Wilson, Mrs. John HLanchard, Hapanee; Mrs. Dot: Williams, Oamden East;
Mrs. Fry, Hewbu: :X. Jos. Emney, Watertown, N. Y., and Irs. Datus Denn-

ison, Switzerville.

Peter Switzer 's third daughter, Margaret Switzer, it as born in Limerick,
Ireland, and brought to Hew York State when but six months old. She lived
in New York city for some years, then moved, to Washington Co., where she
grew up, and in 17?3 was married to .Anthony Heville, a farmer and a U. "'...
Loyalist (sic). After their marriage they emigrated to Canada. They started
with two cows, an ox team and sleigh, putting in what furniture they could
carry, and drove all the way around to Montreal, there taking the military
road to Kingston, and still further west to Fredericksburgh, where they
found a home.

A TEDIOUS JOURNEY.

This trip occupied six weeks. After residing in Fredericksburgh eight
years, they removed to the sixth concession of Ernesttoun. To this neighbor-
hood several families of the Palatines had already come— the Killers, Madd-
ens, Empeys, Switzer s and others of the Hew York Methodists. Divine service
was held once in two weeks in a log schoolhouse, and prayer meetings in
private houses. People came on foot for miles, guided by the blazed trees.
About this date Its. Mary Switzer Erapey returned to Hew York state and brought
over to her home in Ernesttown her aged parents, Peter Switzer and his wife.
They lived with their, Mrs. Empey, till their death, which occurred when they
were over 80 years of age. They were buried in the fourth concession bury-
ing ground in l8l6. This church and cemetery is one of the oldest in Canada.

MR. AND MRS ANTHONY HEVILLE.

continued to reside in Ernesttown; their house was the preacher's home. Here
such men as Rev. Egerton Ryerson and John, his brother, Wellington Jeffers,
Anson Green, Johnnie Black, of sainted memory, spent many pleasant hours.
It was considered by the family to be a privilege to minister to the comfort
of these messengers of salvation.

In lOl£ Margaret Heville was deprived of her husband and left a widow
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she was called again to mourn in the loss of the two eldest of her sons,
and one of her daughters, Mrs. Aaron DoagaLl, of Picton, Ont. Her remain-
ing daughters all married and settled in or near Ernesttown. Her daughters
were the late Mrs. John Miller, Mrs. Elijah Switzer, Mrs. Benjamin Switzer,
Mrs. Martin R. Switzer, Mrs. Tftiffman and Asselstine, residents of Moscow
at the time of their death; Irs. "Wesley Dorn, who raarried in Ernesttown,
and afterwards moved to Grant, Hew York State 5 and Irs. Mary Wilson, still
living in Macedon, New York State. She is the only surviving member of that
large fa-oily, and is truly one of the remarkable women of the century. She
has attained to the advanced age of ninety-eight and is still in possession
of her mental faculties. Her sight and hearing are but slightly impaired.
She has been for 8I4. years a member of the Methodist church.

Two of her grandchildren are in Foreign lission fields; two of her
sons died in the ministry of the M. E. church; one at 35 years, and the
other at 2°. The remaining two children, a daughter, a son and his family
with whom this dear old woman lives in a pleasant farm home, are much de-
voted to their saintly mother, supplying as far as within their power all
her needs.

The late Michael Neville, J. P., was the son of Anthony and Margaret
ille. His worth and character are so well known to the people of Hapanee
and vicinity, that we need give him but a passing notice. ,s one of the

most prominent and useful of the official members of the Methodist church
in Canada. In evangelistic work he was eminently successful. Of his pulpit
efficiency there are many in heaven and on eart' bear record.

ras married at the age of 22 years to Clara A., daughter of Rufus Shorey.
Twelve children were the result of this union; three died in infancy, eight
attained maturity. His sons are, 3. . /ille, living on the homestead in
'tzerville; Rufus S. and ., in Toronto; Anthony i] Lna, . .

T., and Cyrus '-., in Texas. His da rs were the late Mrs. (Rev.] . J.

..-.., nee. HLs only survivi- , . .avid

Sharp, resided in Peterboro'. Mitchell heville and his beloved wife cV

ithin three days of each other, in August, 1883. They were laid
to rest in Switzerville cemetery.

HFZER'S FAMILY.

Peter Switzer' s three sons emigrated to Canada at different periods;
Philip, the eldest, soon after the close of the war came to Canada, and
settled in the Township of Camden; John, in the Township of Lobcrov ,

■re some of their descendants still live; Christopher, the youngest son,
with his family of three sons and two d , ettled in Ernesttoxm in

7. On his the well-known Switzc: ' was built in 1826, and

the first conference and. ordination service held in Canada was held in this
church in 1828. Christopher Switzer was an efficient and popular exhorter
and class-loader in the Methodist church for years. He received an injury
from a fall, which resulted in death, after a few hours of intense suffer-

, byt they were hours also of peace and trium; ' .

His three sons, Elijah, John G. ai ., were agriculturists,

and owned farms within a short distance of the church. In politics :ere

"Independent Liberals;" in religion, st auric* - thodists, and early advocates

rters of the cause of "ance. They were men of original and

independent thought and ener . lijah Switzer was Justice of the Peace and

rd in the church for over thirty years. John G. Switzer, at
the time of his death, was a class-leader of great acceptability. Martin ,
Switzer was an honored and useful local preacher for many years previous to
his ich occurred Hay 9th, i860. He left three sons and one d aught er-

E. B. Switzer, residing on the homestead in Switzerville where his sister

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lives; Dr. S. R. Spritzer, practicing his profession for many years in Salina,
Kansas, and r.-H.lbur F. Switzer, Deloraine, Manitoba. Elijah reared a family
of eight children, four of whom are still living — Mrs. Rose, Dakota; Mrs.
Fitzgerald, Buffalo, N. Y.; Mrs. Collins and Miss Mary, Kapanee. John G.
Switzer left a widow, four sons and three daughters. All of them have passed
to their reward excepting three sons, Arson G. Switzer, Carleton Race; Wn.
H. Owitzer, Dresden, Ont., and Robt. N. Switzer, Philadelphia, Pa.

Among the grandchildren are 2. E. Switzer, of Toronto, who married the
only daughter of the late Rev. James Thompson; John Switzer, Miss Etta
Switzer, Mrs. C. L. Herring and Mrs. Knight, Kapanee; Mrs. Samuel Bell,
Walhalla, Dak.; Mrs. Sd. Kaylor, Korven; Dr. Frank Switzer, Wm. John and
Miss Carrie Switzer, Carleton Place.

CHRISTOPHER SNITZERiS

two daughters are Mrs. lales Shore?/ and Mrs. John McKim, married and died
in the 7th con. of Ernesttown. Mrs. Shorey lived to an advanced age and was
buried in the beautiful little cemetery on the homestead. Her sons were the
late Christopher S., Centreville; Elijah, Watertown, IT. Y.; MLles Shorey,
Kapanee. Anson, who still survives, resides at Sidney. Her daughters were
the late Mrs. J. Peterson, Toronto; Mrs* Martin McKim, residing in Switzer-
ville; Mrs. Sans Guess, Yarker. Among the grandchiliftren sre Wm. and George
Shorey, Mount Pleasant, Ernesttown; Mrs. Addison Scott, Kapanee; Rev. Sydney
Shorey, Picton, Ont.; Rev. S. Shorey, Sydenham; Mr. Canfield Shorey, Kapanee;
Mr. Sidney McKim, Switzerville.

1'irs. John McKim, who lived and died in Switzerville, was the mother of
five sons, Hiram, Peter, Miles, Christopher of Cleveland, and Kelson McKim,
an old and much respected resident of Napanee. Peter has passed to his
reward. Mrs. McKim' s life and counsels did much towards moulding the char-
acter of her sons. "Her children rise uo to call her blessed." Anong her
grandchildren were Mrs. George Shorey, Mrs. A. R. Boyes, Napanee; Anson and
J. II. McKim, Montreal; Mrs. D. E. Rose, Tamworth; Rev. Mrs. Chant, Newburgh,
Ont.

SOME EARLY MEMBERS.

Peter Switzer 's wife was Annie Maria Guiar. Her father, Philip Guiar,
was a local preacher in Ireland in Wesley's time, a man noted for ability
and piety. Mrs. Switzer was a woman of piety and rare cultivation. She
could read and converse in several languages. It was said of Philip Guiar,
"Philip Guiar, the holy man, drove the devil out of Balengran (a contraction
of Bally granate)."

Anthony Keville's death occurred in l8l£. Peter Heville drowned in 1825.
He was the first person buried in the new Switzerville burying ground.

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HISTORICAL and JIOCRAPHICaL oKETCH

SCHWITZER, SCHWEITZER, SWITZ ZA , SWKIZEfl,

ORIGIN;

The variants of the surname SCHWEITZER or SWSITZ2R are SWEITZER ,SCHWBIZER ,
SWEIZER,SWIZER, and possibly several others. This surname is of Teutonic
origin meaning "A man from Switzerland." The "tz" and "z" being one and
the same. This distinguished surname has spread considerably throughout
the U.S.A. and Canada. Pennsylvania* s early settlers we find the following:
In a list of passengers arriving at the port of Philadelphia,
dated October 9,1803, sailing from Amsterdam in Holland on board
the ship "COMMERCE" (Nathaniel Ray, Master) we fand records of a
3. HNHART SCHWEITZER and CATRINA SWITZER* Little is known of them,
only that they arrived in Pennsylvania about the year 1805.

Imported on the ship "NANCY" (William Wallace, Master) date unknown,
are records of a JACOB SWITZER and a CHRIS TIM SWITZER. It is
believed that they settled in Pennsylvania about year 1801.

On board the ship "REBECCA" (Capt. David Low, Master) sailing from
Amsterdam in Holland, dated August 27,1804, are records of a
JACOB SWITZER, and another JACOB SCHWEITZER and still another JacOB
SCHWITZER and his wife. They landed at Lazaretta, Pennsylvania.

In a list of passengers sailing on the ship "MERCUVIUS" (Van D»Herr,
Captain) and arriving in Philadelphia about the year 1735 are records
of a CASPAR SCHWEITZER. He qualified on May 29,1735.

We also find reoords of a CASPER K. SCHWEITZER, imported in the ship
"MERCURY" of London, (William WilsontMaster) sailing from Rotterdam
in Holland, but last from Cowes in England, and he is recorded at

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the Court House in Philadelphia on May 29,1755.

In a list of passengers imported in the ship "EDINBURGH"
(James Russel, master) sailing from fiotterdam in Holland but
last from Portsmouth in England, are records of a CQNRaTH
SCHWEITZER. He is recorded at the Court House in Philadelphia,
dated Friday, July 7,1749.

Imported in the ship "SHIRLEY" (Capt. James Allen, master) sailing
from Rotterdam in Holland, but last from Orkneys in Scotland, are
records of a FRSNS STEPHANUS SCHWEKTZSR. He is also recorded at
the Court House in Philadelphia, dated Thursday, September 5,1751.

One of Pennsylvania's early pioneers was FRANTZ SCHWEITZER. He is
recorded as being in Pennsylvania about the year 1764. He was on
board the ship "KING OF PRUSSIA" (Capt. James Robinson, master) sailing
from London in England.

In a list of men passengers on board the ship "BEULAH" (Capt.Richey \
master) and arriving in Pennsylvania about the year 1755, are record:
of a JURG HENRICH SCHWEITZER, He qualified on September 10,1755.

Imported in the ship "FRANCIS AND ELIZABETH" are records of a
HENDERICH SWITSER. Little is known of him, only that he settled in
Pennsylvania about the year 1745.

We find records of a JACOB SWISSSR. He was one of Pennsylvania's
early pioneers, sailing from Rotterdam in Holland but last from
Cowes in England. He was on board the ship "PINK PLAISANCE"
(John Parratt, master). He qualified on Sept. 21, 1732. Little is
known of him only that he settled in Pennsylvania about the year
1734.

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Mention may be made of a JaCOB SCHWEITZER, who sailed on board
the ship "CROWN" (Michael Jones, master) sailing from Rotterdam
in Holland but last from Lowes in England* His records are at
the Court House in Philadelphia, dated 7/ednesday , August 30,1749.

In a listing of passengers imported in the ship "RAWLEY" (captain
John Groove, master) sailing from Rotterdam in Holland, but last
from Plymouth in England, we find records of a JACOB SCHWEITZER,
LEONARD SCHWEITZER and a JOSEPH SCHWEITZER. All of those man are
recorded at the Court House in Philadelphia, dated Monday October
23,1752.

A, JACOB SCH^ITZER, was* in Philadephia about the year 1775. He
was imported in the ship "BRITA NIA" (James Peter .Master) . He
sailed from Rotterdam in Holland but laat from Cowes in England.
His records are "Joshua Fisher &. Son's Store" in Philadelphia,
dated September 18,1773.
For further information too numerous to mention, see "Pennsylvania
German Pioneers" by Strassburger and Hinke - Volumes 1,2 and 3.

J. L. SCHWEITZER, Watchmaker and Jeweller, was torn in Switzerland
on August 10,1845. In 1866, he went to Paris, France, v;here he remained
for a short time. In 1868 he landed in New York City, then went to
St. Louie, Missouri and latter removed to Selma, Alabama in 1859. He
married Helen Kelpp and had issue f aur children.

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MILTON SWITZER. Farmer, was born in Hancock County, Missouri, on
March 19,1840. His father was SAMUEL SWITZEH, who was a native of
Pennsylvania and was born in 1811. His mather was Julia a. (Royce)
Switzer. Mr. MILTON SWITZEH was the oldest son and the fourth ohild
in a family of eight children, and was reared near Fort Finley,0hio.
He came to Caldwell County, Missouri, in 1866. He married on June 5,
1862, Amanda Essex and had issue five children.

JACOB SWITZEH, farmer, was born in Ray County, Missouri on October
8, 1840. His father was JOHN SWITZER and his mother was Elizabeth( Alexander)
Switzer. The family removed ttom Richland County , Ohio to Ray County in
1839. JACOB SWITZER married and had issue ten children,

ARTHUR FLAGG SWITZER, DP. 8. , was b4rn in Canada in 1878 and acquired
his early education in the public and High Schools of his native country.
He was a student at the Chicago Dental College, graduating in 1901 with
the degree of DD.S. He married on July 29,1903, Jean Morris Breen of
Manteno, Illinois.

STEPHEN gSPBHB » I ISQS ?-1745) Agricultural Writer, was well educated
and became a gardener under George London and Henry Wise. He eventually
beoame Seedsman in Westminster Hall, and he was the author of several
books on Gardening*

C. P. SWITZER. a native of Hardy County, Virginia, where he was born
on September 5,1826. His paternal ancestors were German and his maternal
ancestors were English. In 1847 he removed to Licking County, Ohio. In
1853 he set out for California with Colonel W.W.Hollisterjand in 1894 he
settled in the town of Pasadena, known as "Switzer* s Camp".

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F.A.SWITZER, agriculturist, was born in the Palmetto state in 1828
and was the son of FRED S^ITZER, who was a soldier in the war of 1812,
and who participated in the Battle of New Orleans. Mr. F.A.SWITZER
came to Arkansas in Deoemcer 1859 where he purchased quite a bit of
land. In 1861 he enlisted in the Confederate Army, Trans-Mississippi
Department and took an active part in the engagements at the White
River, Mark's Mill and Prairie Grove. He married in 1863, Miss Julia
Drummond of South Carolina and had issue six children, namely:
CHARLIE F. : DAVID M. : NETTIE M. ; FRED. H. ; ISADO and ROSA LEE.

GEORGE W. SWITZER, clergyman, was born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana
on November 2,1854. He was the son of PETER and CATHARINE (Sambaugh)
SWITZER. On September 20,1881 he married LIDA WESTFALL of Montmorence
and was, in 1880, ordained to the M.E. Ministry.

J. OTTO SCHWEITZER, Sculptor, was born in Zurich, Switzerland, on
March 27,1865. He was the son of JACOB and CAROLINA ELIZABETH(Lebhardt)
SCHWEITZER. He was educated at the Art School at Zurioh; The Royal academy
at Dresden, under Di . J. Schilling; and at Florence, Italy. Ho married
Maria Meynen of Philadelphia in 1902 and had one son, ANTONIN. He came to
the United States in 1894 and was a Naturalized Citizen in 1902. He was one
of the most noted Sculptors of his time, and his works were exhibited at the
National Academy of Design in New York; the Academy of Fine Arts in Phila-
delphia: etc.

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ALBERT SCHTSITZER , Dr. of Phil., Dr. of Med., and Hon.D.D. , was
born on January 14 ,1874. He was the son of Vicar of Gunsbach(Oberelsass) ;
and Odele (Schillinger) Schweitzer. He married in 1912, Helen
Bresslau and had issue one daughter. He was educated at the Universities
of Strassburg, Paris and Berlin. He became Doctor of Philosophy in 1898;
Doctor of Theology in 1921; and Doctor of Medicine in 1912. He was the
founder of the Hospital at Lambarene (Cabon,Afrique Equatoriale) 1913-17:
1924-27 and }929-32. He wrote several fe^oks worthy of mention,

JSAN BAPTISTA VON SCHWEITZER (1833-1875) German Politician and
Dramatic Poet, was born at Frankfort-on-the-Main on July 12,1833, and
wqs of an old Aristocratio Catholic Family. He was attracted by the
Social Democratic Labour movement and after the deatl* of Ferdinand Lassalle
in 1864, he beoame President of the "General Working-men's Union of
Germany." In 1867 he was elected to the Parliament of the North German
Federation. Schweitzer composed a number of dramas and comedies , also
a political novel.

PHILIP ANDERSON SWITZER, was born at Upper Tract , Pendleton County,
West Virginia, in 1857. He was the son of DAVID M. and FRANCES A.
(Wilson) Swltzer. On July 1,1887, he married, in Baltimore, Rachel
Virginia, daughter of Silas B. and M.J. (Lemon) MoClung. They had three
children.

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PAUL K. SWITZER, M.D. , was born at Switzer in Spartanburg County,
South Carolina in 1888, He was the son of JAMES M. ana JULIE
(ARCHER) SWITZER, Dr. Switzer took his medical work in the
Medical College of the State of South Carolina at Charleston,
graduating in 1910, He married Miss Mollie Layton and they had
two son, Paul K, jr., and James Layton.

DAVID S. SWITZER, President of Weatherford College, was born in
Tiger River, Spartanburg County, South Carolina in 1844. He was
the son of SAMUEL and MARY (?) SWITZER. In 1861 he entered the
Confederate Army. He was severely wounded and was made a cripple
for life. In 1865 he began teaching in the neighborhood school.
In 1873, Professor Switzer married Miss Rebecca Mays and they had
ten children, eight of whom at still living.

CHARLES K. SWITZER, was born near Petersburg, Grant County, in 1853,
He was the son of DAVID N. and FRANCIS A. (Wilson) SWITZER. He was
married on May 29,1879, to Minnie M. , daughter of Allen and Martha
(Miller) Dyer, and they had three children.

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Census of 18£1.

CAMDEN.

Switzer

Camden-^l.

Division 1. Concessions 1, 2, 3, k, from lot 1 to 2$ inclusive. John B. Aylsworth,

enumerator.

names

Switzer, Joseph
Samuel
Jane

Division 2

Switzer, Jacob

Elizabeth

Norris

Martha

Harriet

George

Switzer, John

Amelia
Charlotte
Sidney
Josephine

Switzwr, Aaron
Nancy
Chariot

Switzer, David
Fanny
Polly
Amos
Stephen
Anthony

occupation
farmer

farmer

Black Smith

farmer

Place of birth

C.W.
n

U.C.

f!
It
II
II
II

Nova Scotia

U.C.
n

ti
ii
n

Ireland
ti

religion

W. Meth.
ii
ii

E. Meth
it

W. Meth.
it

tt
ti
it

E. Meth.
it

labourer-1--— .^ -r "£-— ^\^v »^ <.*> •ss'fe

UA . Switzer, Norris • x- v » *'4 farmer
Martha cjULu**.
Margaret r^«^ •«» Oct i*vs

Switzer, James farmer

Sarah
James
Mary

Switzer, Phillip farmer

Sally
James
Silas
Alvin
Joshua

Switzer, Philip farmer

Mary

Elizabeth
Rebecca

John labourer

Robert

» /Un, p.

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England

U.C.
ii

ii
it
ii
ii
ti
ii

Ireland

(U.C.)

tt
n

age

37
33
Ik
12
7
k

30
26

S2
hi
23
16

&
17

31
25

lili
U2
2U
22
21
17

Census of 1851

Switzer

Camden-^1 2

name

occupation

Place of Birth

Religion

age

cont

•d

Switzer,

Wilson

labourer t^"VtC0!^c

(U.C

E.Meth.

Flecher

Peter

farmer — ivv"*> ■»

»•

i^i>— ^ iYwv^c

W. Meth

65 •

ULaI^cX. (Pl^/Xa »»

Switzer,

Sarah Ann

Hell an

Lorenzo

labourer

Mark

tt 2 \-f^~~ :

la-^.. ^NAiTi^

ii > <3-ia

H 22

Daniel

E.Meth

Sarah

Jothan

Mathew

Jacob

Sally

Ann

James

Jane

Edwin

Patience

Switzer,

James

farmer

W.Meth

Elenor (w*x«~

fV^tS, wLi.-tj v^«JX^«u«»?3

«jui V *&-»«.

0 it

William

labourer

Isabel

Luke

Madden,

Ellen

Switzer,

Eliza(sic)

Switzer,

Philip Z.

farmer > , ,

» fc4<»

Eliza J**-. *-

Margaret

Katherine

James

OG Switzer,

Samuel

farmer

-Abigail

David

labourer

Mary

William

Ciphus

Jane

Ann

Nancy

Chariot

Orin

carpenter

Mary Jane

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Switzer Ernesttown-51 1

name
Division h

occupation

place of birth

religion

age

Hawley,

Switzer,

Davis,
Switzer,

Benjamin

Hester
William H.
Egestin
Matilda
Iiargaret
Elizabeth
Sarah A.

farmer Ireland

C.W.
tt

W.Meth
ti

•

7
6
10
9
8
1

Switzer,
Switzer,

Elize ( sic )

Catherine

Christophe

Catherine

Mary

Lydia

Hubert

Martin R.

Margret

Cegeton

Edmond

Wilber

Almire

Tigah E.

farmer cjUvMk. N.S.

spinster C.W

(V labourer -«^.».7 >^t j^go" n -^ ^

drip, maker "

school teacher "
11 11 ti

it
11

tt
II
it
It

tt
It
It
It
It

56(?)

la
13

19
12

spinster \- <\ <h- . >**»< - «- 1 S s

student "
it ti

11 11

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ti tt

Division

Hawley,
Switzer,

Hiram
Eliza

labourer "

(?)
(?)

15
19

nil

Portla.nd-5l
Loughborough-5l

Division

. 2

Swihtzer ,

Elizabeth
Mercy S.
John

Marg. J.
Sarah
James

Canada
ti

E.Meth.
ti

15
10
8
6

Switzer,

John

Sarah

Anthony

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Canada
Carpenter tt

53 o^fdU^J^x^^

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28

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Census of 1861

Switzer

Camden-61 1

name

District 1, consisting of 1, 2, 3 coneessions west of centre road. David (Davis)
Hawley, enumerator.

Black Smith

C.W.
it

Division no. 3

si Switzer, -Aaron
Nancy
Douglas "

Division no. 6

Switzer, Martin ^a»or*t«il farmei{i<&i»,~i^f &} Ireland \
(W , Nancy (lOvktfw L^.a^*—^ t #o& -i«Bq<f "

^^ Philip * vu*i« ulu. labourer l*^?-/*^
Eliza J. -s ur- U-JU ( **■* v%«*o-»«r*»>
Robert *\ ft ■>• & ^Lm^Jinj^
Martin • * »*m-hxi, ^7« >.,;.> ^<»— * Co-^Jl.
Henry N. t V^-isi-i.^cC^*^, ^«_

U.C.
it

Switzer, Thomas

Elizabeth
Roswell H.

Mary L.
Byon

England

U.C.
it

farmer

Ireland
U.C.

Switzer, Christopher
Matilda
Ellah
Edwin A.
Hiram
Ann E.

Charlotte M.

Christopher Sr f armer(u % i - 1 a k^ Ireland

Elizabeth (\iso-uti) "

Margaret U.C.

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Switzer, Philip »

Nena
David
Mica

Loiza Jane
Polly Ann
Lorenzo D.

**' Switzer, Christopher "

Elizabeth N^^jo^jJrk^JU^s.^)
Zelpha (v^. 9«~jcj-C*
Lydia J. <w^» s^»-^j Lui^~**^J
Marybith ( tk~. . .w^**^ <^. "^^

Elizabeth

Cecilia (v>w c_~-»-x«jO

Switzer, Emma D.

C.W.
it

it
it

tt
it
ti
tt
tt
it
tt
tt

E. Meth. kO

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i«17

W.Meth
it

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ti

tt
ti
tt
it
it
it
tt

U6
36
8
7
k
3
1

%
72
30

U8
1*2
21
19
17
15
8

Friends (?) 3U

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Census of 1861 Switzer

Camden-61 2

Name

occupation

Place of birth

religion

age

Division

l no, 8

* • Switzer,

0~O~

Farmer

u.c.

Meth.

^ran

JQLaBEXjafcdsiDdtk

Xsa

3gK

Jane

Meth.

Orlando (Alonzo?)

William

Philip (Robert)

Mary (-Anne)

Switzer,

James B.

farmer

Meth.

Jane

Vi Switzer,

Philip

farmer

Meth.

Sarah

Switzer,

Sidney-

servant

*""i

John

farmer

Meth.

Emily

Charles

Sidney

lit

ELi

Edward

James

Margaret

S"« Switzer,

James

farmer

Meth.

Silus

-Absolon

Joseph

Cynthia

Mary

Henry

s*i Switzer,

Jane EVj}**~*» c J farmer k^J

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iiO

Sarah ( uj«ji^»^

» }*> ••

James

Edward

Philip

Alice

John H#

Philipp

Mary

Fletitia

s"i Switzer,

Norris

f armer|>vA.Yrv<M "

Meth

70 71-7-xc^

Martha

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68 *>s- v i r

Mathew

John

!f» Switzer,

Cephus

farmer

Meth.

Eli

Meth

Margret

Catherine

James

Ellen

John

Sarah

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Switzer

Camden-6l 3

name occupation

S< Switzer, Jacob farmer
Elizabeth
Norris
George
leaser

Switzer, Ezra farmer

Isaac

John
*"»(*»*.)? Luke

Eli

William "&.

Lydia *■»• <■» ii»<»x.

Levi
5*i Samuel

■Abigail

Mary

Nancy

Charles

John (Crin?)

Division 11
Switzer, Martha A#

palce of birth

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U.C.
»
ii
ti
it

ii
ii
ti
ii
ii
ii
ii
it
ti
ii
ii
it
it
ii
ti

religion

W. Meth
it

E. Meth.

W. Meth
ti

E. Meth
ii

W. Meth

lil

39 married
26

h
28
22
23
27

3
63
60
28
18
16
Ik
12

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Ernesttown-61 1

District no, 1, comprising 1st concession (except Bath). John B. McGuin, enumerator.

Name

occupation

Place of Birth Religion age

j>"t Switzer,

Daniel R.

Sarah

Mathiew

Jacob

Sarah

-Ann

James

Jane

Edwin

Patience

labourer U.C,

Switzer,

John

Silphia

Ossa

William
Robert

farmer United States

U.C.
tt

Switzer,

Christophe farmer "
Mary L-.J^alL,^— j<Vw»^, »

Switzer,

Anson t farmer \^»^. "
Mariah (cju~1_u v*.,^ u» JJL~~*> 'VbH^0 «

f i Switzer,

Elizah

Catherine

Christopher

Mary

Catherine

farmer United States

U.C.
tt

5"' Switzer,

Edgerton farmer "
Margaret "
Elizabeth "
Edmond bt+t-t^wi.'A'i-M.ii-e "
Wilburn "

Division

no, 8
nil.

E. Meth

W. Meth.

E. Meth.

W. Meth.

E. Meth.

W. Meth.

30 (5»?J

17 *wv*-t

WvvaaXJ^. R

Napanee

nil

Barrie & Clarendon,
nil

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Census of 1861

Switzer

Loughborough-61 1
Portland-61

District

no, 2I4, Ward no. 1.

name

occupation

palce

of birth

religion

age

Switzer,

Samuel

carpenter

c.w.

E. Meth.

&iilia

Nelson

Jane

Norman

Pams

Eliza

Franklin

Switzer,

George mail stage pro.

Loughborough, C .W.

Eliza

John

Chas.

■Anthony-

George

Hamel

Jane

£7 Switzer,

John

W. L.

Sarah

C. W.

John, Jr.

Jane

Sarah

Agnes

Portland-6l

Switzer,

William C.

farmer

Ann

spinster

Stephen

labourer

Hilda

Catherine

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452150/erb

OF THE REGISTRAR -GENERAL

MACDONALD BLOCK , PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS
TORONTO 5 , ONTARIO

INFORMATION EXTRACTED FOR GENEALOGY
DEATH

NAME OF DECEASED

DATE OF DEATH
place of death

AGE, OR DATE OF BIRTH IF GIVEN

PLACE OF BIRTH

OCCUPATION

NAMES OF PARENTS

DANIEL SWITZER

15 JANUARY 1879

SUNNIDALE TOWNSHIP SIMCOE COUNTY

82 YEARS 9 MTHS.

NEW YORK

FARMER

NOT STATED

ISSUED AT TORONTO , THIS 14 th
DAY OF APRIL 1969

A J DALY
EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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As you leave the Ruttle home, you see across the road all that remains of

Philip Embury's Irish home - the great pillars at the gateway are falling down,
beyond you can trace where the house stood, and there, the last stone to remain,
lies the great hearthstone. It is a strange thing to me that that stone has not
been brought to America to serve as a courner-stone or a stone set into the wall
of some great American Methodist edifice.

We hurry through Rathkeals, past another Methodist chapel, see the square where
Gideon Quseley preached with such demonstrative interactions, and fly along in
our Irish jaunting car through the main street till we reach the south-west end
of this village of two thousand people. Here stands the Episcopalian church where
Philip Embury and Margaret Switzer were married, November, 1758, and where others
of the Palatines were Baptized and married. And on out a mile or so along the
winding road, till we draw up in front of the home of Jacob Switzer. at Court
Matrix, It is an old home with its thatched roof, but the sweet peas bloom in
great showers of blossoms above our heads, for the flowers grow tall and luxuriant
in Ireland, Right opposite are the crumbling ruins of some old houses, the former

homes of Palatines, and in their midst we can trace the foundations of the first
chapel of these German- Irish Methodist, built in 1758, with Philip Embury oi
Ballingrane as chief carpenter.

Here stood the first Palatine preaching-house, or chapel, in which Wesley
preached - today not a trace of it remains; it has disappeared, but a thousand
Methodist chapels in Upper Canada are its offspring. Let us quote John Wesley
himself:

"Friday, June 23rd, 1758, I rode over to Court Matrix, a coloir, t ermans,
Whose parents came out of the Palatines about fifty years ago, d^eiicy families
of them settled here, Twenty more at Killiheen a mile off, fifty at Ballingrane
about two miles eastward, and twenty at Pallas four miles farther. Each family
had a few acres of ground on which they built many little houses, Saey are since
considerably increased in numbers, though decreased in number of families, Having
no minister, they were become eminent for drunkeness, swearing, and an utter
neglect of religion. But they were washed since they heard and received the truth
which is able to save their souls. An oath now is rarely heard among them or a
drunkard seen in their midst. Court Matrix is built in the form of a square, in
the middle of which ch^y have placed a pretty large meeting-house, but ic would
not contain one-half the congregation, so I stood in a large yard. The wind kept
off the rain while I was preaching. As soon as I ended it began,"

Wesley had been at Ballingrane In 1756, two years before; this wu hit second
visit to the sett3 ement. Seven times afterwards he records his visits, but they
were made after the little band had sailed from Limerick in that memorable voyage
in 1760, Wesley it should be remembered, could preach in German, and he had a
7/arm place in his heart for people of the Fatherland, We have time only to refer
to Thomas Walsh, the learned Irishman of Limerick, and Philip Guier, the
burgomaster, teacher and preacher, the leader of the infant church among tne
Germans - a man whose name is inseparably connected with Embury and Heck, and the
others who brought Methodism to this continent, Philip Guier died In Ireland but
we have his descendants holding prominent places in our Canadian Methodism, One
of them is Principal of Wesley College, Winnipeg,

Methodism was first introduced among the Palatines about 1740, by one of Wesley-
itinerants, Three years later Philip Guier was appointed a local preacher, and in
1768, at the Limerick Conference, Philip Embury, of allingrane, and William
Thompson, from near Enniskillen, were received on trial, Embury, then thirty years
of age, v;as placed on the reserve list, that he might look after the Palatines,
and William Thompson went into active work, and in 1791 was choen the first
President of the British Conference, He, "had perhaps", says the Rev, Wm. Crook,
"more to do with moulding the ecclesiastical framework of Methodism than any other
man that could be namedf"

We pass now to America, On the 10 of August, 1760, a boat landed in New York
with a load of settlers. They had come from Limerick to seek homes in America,

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Amon;: the numbers were Philip Embury and his wife, Margaret Switzer; two of
Bnbury's brothers with their families; Peter Switzer, brother of ilrs. Embury;
Paul Heck and Barbra, Valentine xetlor (or Detlor), Pilip Morgan, and a faiaily
oi Pulinages. ihis company, with the exception of Pilip Embury, who died in Iff*
York state in 1773, and probably also Philip Morgan, all, twenty-four years
later, found homes in Upper Canada. In 1765 others came out, relatives and freind
and thus increased the number of Irish Palatine lethodists.

Why did thejr come? The explanation generally given was that the rents were
raised at home, erhcps I may add something that is suggestive, and that I came
across only lately. John Dulmage, in his evidence before the Brithish Commission-
ers, investigating claims for compensation in connection with the Revolutionary
War, stated that he came to dew York in 1756. Ehis John Dulmage was married to a
sister of Paul Heck, and Philip Embury and Barbra Heck were cousins. It may have
been that he urged them to come; we know that it was largely through the reports
of early German Palatines in Pennsylvania that the great stream of settlers was
kept flowing into that state for fifety years.

I shall not dwell at any great length on their sojourn in New York city. In
Ireland the Palatines appear to have maintained a more or less close connection
with the Established Church, The Episcopalian church at uathkcals was their
religious headquarters and the little chapel at Court Matrix and Ball Ingram
were known as preaching-houses. So when they settled in New York they appear to

ve associated themselves with the historic Trinity Church, that still stands
as a landmark amid the rush and bustle m York mercantile life. It was
xiinity that they received Communion, and I have no doubt the old records would
show that there they went to be married, and there they took their children to
be Baptised. Va know that some of their associates were buried in the -rinity
Church grounds.

Whether through falling from .-race, or because Trinity satisfied their relig-
ious wants, they allowed six years to go by before resuming their own Method-
istic services. In October, 17$©, Philip Embury, the carpenter and former preach-
er, held the first service and preached the first sermon (Methodist) in his house
on ..-arrick Street, now Park Place. The Palatines were again drawn together, and
next year, 1767, it was found necessary to rent a room near the Barracks and a
little later the Rigging Loft on dorse an Cart Street, now Villiam Street, here
Embury and the old warrior, Captain Webb, who had fought at Quebec under /olfe,
preached to the Methodists with such fervor that the building of the chapel
became necessary.

To build a chapel a lot was first required, so we find that on the P3th day
of diarch, 1763, Mary Barclay and three others, executors of the estate of Kenry
Larclay, conveyed lots 112 and 113 on John Street to Philip Embury, Wm. Lupton,
Charles White, uichard Sause, Henry I ewton, Paul Heck, Zbaa* Taylor and -,hos.
Webb. IVe recognize at least two of these trustees as our old freinds from Ball-
ingrane. Charles White and Richard Sause also were frcm Ireland, and Captain
Thos. Webb is by some credit ^o the same country. Who were the Barclay's? Rar«
Henry darclay, D.Dmf was the second rector of -Trinity Church (from 1746 to the
date of his death, 1764) and ^ary Barclay was his widow. The title deed was not
oi ,ned until 1770, and some propery adjoining was purchased in 1786 fraa the
Dutch Reformed Church. The deeds do not bear the names of Embury and neck,
because they had left New York just before or at the tone the final transfer of
of the properjt£ took place.

The building of the chapel began at once, barbra Heck, we are told, supplied
the plan; a building with a fireplace built like a large house, so that the
rights of the Established Church would not be infringed upon. Philip Embury did
much of the work; he built the pulpit with his own hands. The full list of sub-
scriptions to the building fund may be found in Wakeley's "Lost Chapter of Meth-
odism." The preamble to the list is worth reading:- "A number of persons, desir-
ous to worship God in spirit etc! truth, commonly called iethodists (under the
direction of devt John v/esley), whom it is evident God has been pleased to bless
in their meetings in Naw York, thinking it would be more to the glory of God and
the good of souls had they a more convenient place to meet in where the Gospel

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of Jesus Christ might be preached without distinction of sects or parties; and
as Mr. Philip Embury is a member and helper in the Gospel, they humbly beg the
assistance of Christian freinds in order to enable them to build a small house
for that purpose, not doubting that the God of all consolation will abundantly
bless all such as are willing to contribute to the same."

Who responded to this call?

Rev. Dr. Samuel Auchmyty, Rector of Trinity J Rev. John C ;ilvie, assistant
to the Sector; Rev. Charles Inglis, afterwards Bishop of I;ovia Scotia; Philip
Livingston, James Duane, Frederick DePeyster, James DeLancy, Oliver DeLancy,
and a number of others, the leading men of the city. All the officials of Tr-
inity Church apear upon the list: and also Paul Heck, 13.5s. Jacob Heck, (1)
Valentine Tetlor, (al), David Embury, (1.) These are the names on the list
that suggested the Irish Palatines did what they could. PMljip Embury did not
sudscribe, perhaps because he was not able, but he gave time and labor, and
on the 30th of October, 1768, he preached the opening dedicator^ sermon from
Hosea X, 12. "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy, break up your
fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lor. I, till He come and rain righteous-
ness upon you."

Philip Embury was for a time a trustee. He was also the first treasurer, and
filled the office as preacher until Rev. Robert Williams arrived from Ireland,
and itfr. Vesley sent out Rev. Richard fraadiran and Rev. Jos. Polmoor in the fall
of 1769. For some years this building in John Street %as known as Wesley's Chapel,

We shall close our reference to the John Street Chapel by referring to the
fact that all through the American Revolutionary War this little building kept
open house; its membership was increased by refugees, to whom the Rev. John Mann
preached, and when the British evacuated the city John Mann and most of his
congregation emigrated tc Boris Scotia while at the same time the Rev. Charles
Inglis (another Irishman it might be mentioned), with his Episcopalian con, cre-
ation at Trinity, left to increase the Episcopalian population of Vovia Scotia
and to establish another Kings College, the plans for which were formulated in
Kew York City in 1783.

The Irish Palatines ware by training a rural people - they had been brought
up on small farms, and from all that so know of them, were inclined to lead
plain inexpensive lives. They evidently did not find in New York conditions
of life that were satisfactory.

.lien they arrived in America the Eastern fcoundry line of New York State was
unsettled; There was a disputed Territory. Massachusettes and New Hampshire both
claimed jurisdiction over the districts lying east of the Hudson River. Here and
there through that region were some scattered settlements, but it waff just about
the middle of the century that we find schemes being launched for the planting
of colonies, and large purchases wore made from the crown by persons of means,
who then looked about for settlers. The lands were not sold to these settlers,
but leased on long terms so that there promised to be in the near future an
aristocracy of landed proprietors such as we find to ay in England and Ireland.

On an old map of Vow York Stats. Of the latter part of the century, you v/ill
find east of Saratoga and northeast of Albany, an irregularly shaped block of
land with the name across it, "Embury Patent," or "Embury and Wilson Patent",
and a reference to the Documentary History of Colonial New York, informs us that
in 1765, this block was granted to Philip Embury, David Embury, and others. It
is evident, therefore, that the Embury's did not intend to remain permanently in
York, and that before John Street Church was built some of the Palatines had
selected a home for themselves on the frontier, in the wilderness.

In the latter part of 1769, ..nomas Aston led a body of Irish people from New
York up the Hu. sen, and settled them in the valley to" the west of Embury Patent.
This Thomas Ashton was just out from Dublin, an Irishman of means, an a Method*
1st. He was the man who paid the passage money for Rev. Robert Williams, the
Irish Methodist preacher, and brought him out as his fellow passenger in 1769,
the first Methodist itinerant minister in the United States. Robert Williams wss
the spiritual father of Jesse lee.

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Nearly every one of these Ashton settlers was an Irish Palatine, or closely
related to the Palatine. . >st of them are buried in the old Ashton-grove
: Jurying Ground* Inomas Gladden one of these settlers who came to Canada, was
no other than the pioneer, Rev. xhomae gladden who was ordained by Jishop Ashbury

was the father of the Rev. David . adden, who died only last year, and
grandfather of four Methodist .Ministers, rhomao Madden sleeps in the old Hue
Church Burying Ground near Prescptt, beside his friends the Hecks.

following Ashton, in 1770, Philip £mbury led his contingent up the Hu son.
An examination of the land evidently led them to change their minds for instead
Of settling on the Babury Patent they moved north and took possesion of 2,500
acres of leased land, lying north of Ashgreve.

!These two settlements - Ashton *s at Asfigrove, and Embury's in the Camden
Valley, are generally confused by writers of Methodist history, rhey were dist-
inct, six miles apart. Jetween them lay a ivhole township and the Batten Kill,
a small river.

;Vho were of Babury's company? I?rom the agreement subdividing the land we get
the following nameoi though it is not complete, it gives us interesting inform-
ation as far as it goes.

Settlers in West Camden: PkLlip limbury, Javid Embury, John ijulmage, ^dward
Carsallen, Valentine '.Oetlor, Paul Heck, Peter .liller, Peter Sparling, Nathan
iiawley, Abraham Bininger, Peter Cwitzer, John Lawerence, John Embury, Catherine
Low. Of these fourteen, ten came to Canada. Philip Embury aied before the war,
two remained as settlers, and as to one we are uncertain.

1 shall have to pass over in this paper the sketch of this settlement in the
wilderness, the pioneer lethodists of the Iroy Conference. 2he only point I can
refer to is the sudden death of Philip limbury in August, 1773. He was burie^ on
Abraham ininger's farm, a short distance up the valley. In Ilay, 1332, his
remains were remove] to ashgrove, and in 136G a cecond removal took place to
Cambridge, two miles to the west, where a tall shaft now marks his third and
last resting place of this first Efethbdist preacher in America.

After six yeais of pioneer work the Revolutionary War broke out, on1, the quiet |
valley was disturbed, thankful for the beneficent dealings of the English and
Irish Parliaments, the men of the Timbury settlement enlisted on the Lritish sidei
If you look over the printed list of the U, E. Loyalists, you will find that
many of these enlisted under Major Xdward Jessup, in the loyal American Regiment*
Ihis company was known as tht- 1 Rangers, or Jessup* a Hangers, 'rhey suffered
the vicissitudes of war, their farms were overrun, and all their possessions
destroyed as far as possible, an. at the end of the war, when peace came in 17S3
they were Just where their fathers and grandfathers had been in 1709; dependent
upon British generosity, iliey drew lands along with Jessups other veterans, in
two districts, Augusta xownship And on the 3ay of Quints.

John :;nlmage, who had married the wido't ' of Philip Embury; John Pulma$a, whose
v/ife was a sister of Paul Heck; Samuel Jnbury, the son of ghillp, and Paul and

rbaea Heck, settle J in Augusta Township*. move they formed the first Methodist
Class in Upper Canada, with Samuel 3abury as leader, and thus began the methodiam|
of the St. Lawerence Valley, ihey all sleep in the old "Hue Church .urying
Ground near Prescott, but their work has spread; the seed brought from Gallingra-
ne has produce! an abundant crop.

A word or two as to these Augusta settlers, fe have referred to Philip Smburys
eon, Samuel, as the leader of the first class in Canada. His wife was Catherine
Miller, daughter of one of the Irish Palatines, lie died at ^t, Anaand, Quebec,
in 1353, age eighty- eight. There were twelve children in his family. Philips
daughter Catherine, marrie Juiican isher of Montreal, and among the grandchild-
ren and great-grandchildren were many who were pillars of the Methodist Church
in that city. I need only mention Mr. John rorrance, who is the groat-great-
grandson of Philip Embury.

Paul and Barbara Hech had two sons - Samuel, an honoured preacher in the pion-
eer days, and Jacob, who married liss Shorts, daughter of a pioneer L'ethodist,
Rtv. Agustus Shorts, who traced his lineage oack xo the Swiss Mennonites on las
father's side, an whose mother was an Irish Palatine, Rosanna Ivionk.

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John Dulmage,as already stated, was married to Paul Reek's sister. Their Daugh-
ter married \ev. Sanuel Choate, Who built the first Methodist chapel in Montreal
in 1309* It may be worth recording that amon^ the great-grandchildren of John
Dulmage is the wife of the presentProvos;jr of Trinity University, Toronto. The
Kev. Canon Spencer, who recently died at Kingston, was a great-grandson. ELiae
Dulmage, of Kingston was hi3 son and geerge V. Dulmago, of Lydenham, the son of
Eliae, is living today, a hale old" mail of 8G years.

The other Irish Palatines settled in the Bay of Quinte District, and today it
it would be difficult to find an old Methodist family in that section not connec-|
ted more or less intimately with these Irish Palatines, and the other Irish plo-
meers associated with them.

David Embury, of Adolphustown was a brother of Philip. He had two sons, Andrewj
and John; the former married a Mill jjell, daughter of a loyalist from Argyle,
the Gootch- Irish region adjacent to Ashgrove, and the latter married a daughter
of Valentine Detlor. The Embury's belonged to the first class formed by Lose©
at Paul Huff's in Adolphustown, and assisted in the errection of the first
Methodist church in the Province - the building that stands today on the shores
of Hay Bay. It was a Methodist meeting in Andrew Smbury's house that Dr. aelllng-l
ton Jeff ers preached his trial sermon with Rev. Anson Green as presiding minister!

The fillers settled in Ernestown and assisted in the formation of Losee's
second class, and the erection of the second Methodist church in the Province, a
few months after the first. This family lias gi»en several ministers to the church|
and many local preachers as class leaders. It was at the Detlor homestead that
the third class was organized by Losee. This was in Predricksburs, near ilapanee.
It was the Methodist itinerants name and the Rev. Darius Dunham found it so in-
deed, for he married a daughter of Valentine Detlor. To show how these Irish
Palatiaes increased and multiplied, it is worth mentioning that when Mrs. Valen-
tine Detlor died in 1826, in her eighty-seventh year, she left behind sixty-six
grandchildren, eighty great-grandchildren, and three ^reat-great-^andchildren.
The daughters of Valentine Detlor were married to John anbury, Daniel fcMullen,
Darius Dunham, Elias Dulmage, and l,:acajah Durdy. Sire, detlor had a clear recol-
lection of John Wesley's visits to her father's home in county Limerick.

John Pulmage had settled in A^ustaf David Dulmage, his brother, settled first
in Ernestown and shortly after in ?!arysbur.^. His son Jacob was a pioneer local
preacher and was drowned when returning from holding a service across the bay.
Rev» David Wright. Father of the late Dr. H.H. Wri.jht, of Toronto, was a grandsonl
of this pioneer. Owen Koblin married a daughter of David Dulmage. The descendants!
of David Dulmage are aumerous in the Day of Quint© District, especially in that
stronghold of Methodism, South Marysburg, where one granddaughter still survives.

P£TER Sv/ITZER, the brother of Ifce. Embury, was bom at Court Matrix in 1730.
There are Switzers living there yet. He married Anna Uaria Guier, the daughter
of Philip Guier, the Burgomaster, who became the spiritual leader of the Palatine^
and so remained until his death in 1778. There are ten J^itzer children, Eliza-
beth, the eldest, married Garrett Killer, the Palatine; Mary marri omas Bapeyl
of the Ashgrove settlement, and i^lar^aret married Anthony Neville. The descendants!
of these three would make a good- sized Methodist congregation. The three sons
Philip, John, and Christopher, settle! in Camden Dast, Loughborough and Ernest-
own. The descendants are scattered far and wide over Canada. You may recall that
it was at Switzers chapel in HJrnestown, built by Dev. John ^yerson in 1824, on
Christopher's Owitzer's farm, that the separation from the U.S. took place in
1328, and the independent ilethodi3t Dpiscopal Church in Canada was first organ-
ized. In addition to the Nevill's, Jiapey's, and liller's, many of the jt3
and Shoreys of the Bay of Quinte trace back to xeter Switzer. R«v aius i/uaham
lies burried in an uiiaarked grave at Gwitzer's chapel. The methodises f this
Province should erect a suitable stone to mark the spot where rests the remains
of the first ordained Methodist -Sinister to the people.

A. Bininger was, perhaps, the only one of the aabury settlement in Camden
Valley not of the Irish Palatines, Who was he? In /esley's Journal we find this
entry as he starts on his Atlantic voyage i "October 17tn, 1735 - I be^an to learn

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German In order to oonvrese with the Germans, sta-and- twenty of whom^ we had on
board." The tradition handed down at Washington Co., where his descendants live,
is that Abraham Bininger was one of the twenty-six - he was a iSoravian mission-
ary bound for America. After serving his cause for many years he settled down in
the Camden Valley, where he died In 1311, aged ninety-one. lie was a warm friend
of Philip Embury, who preached his funeral sermon; and laid him to rest under a
great dak tree on his farm. John Bininger was a son of Abraham 3ininger, and for
three years was a teacher to the Mohawks, on the reserve near ^eseronto.

Time fails us or we could follow up the descendants of Idwar"! Carscallen,
Nathan Hawley, James McKim, the Bapey's, and the Madden1 s. There is hardly a
Methodist family in the Day of Quint e District that does not trace its origin
back, either directly or indirectly to the Irish Palatines. The handful that lej
Ireland in the middle of the eighteenth century has become a great host.

xhere is another class of Irish Palatines, the descendants who have come
direct to this Province during the past century. To the Township of r^rock there
eame the Shiers, St. Johns, Switzers, ulillers, Brethours, Kuttles. In the
Gwillia&urys you will find many more. Dr. Carroll tells us of a settlement near
Streetsville. In I31anchard,near St. Mary* 3, you will find Sparlings and Switzers x|
in Middlesex Co. the Cornells and others, and in Huron is a settlement of
Tlpperary Palatines - Glaziers, Golee, Cook3, Sparlings, Sleeps, and many others*
Many other families settled hea» and there throughout the Province.

And what about the Palatines that came to TJngland and did not settle in Ire-
land? There story has been well told in several very interesting volumes that
have appeared in the past Tew years, They came out to the valley of the Hudson
and the Mohawk, and when the U.S. loyalists came across the line to settle,
a large number of them followed the British flag* Let me give Jon a few names s
Springer, Bcwslaugh, Beam, Bowman, Warner, Cline, Saith, Horning, - these were
the pioneer Uethodista of the Magaaa district - Germans from Hew York and Ney
Jersey. The iralicks, Aylesworths, Asselstines, Huffmane, arid a number of others
in Bajr of Quinte were of same origin* These are but a few of a long list that
might be given of Methodists of German Palatine origin, while mention may be
made of the fact that the German Lutherans of W'Xvorloo, The German Llennonites of
York, and the Germans of Matilda Township| on the St. Lawerence, trace back to
the Palatine Germans of Pennsylvania and ..lew York.

You have only to read the roll of the Methodists ministry in this Province
to find how great a debt is owed to Ireland. George Heal, the soldier who preach-|
ed at Niagara, and Charles Justin McCarthy, who was banished from the Bay of
Quinte before a regular minister was sent to Upper Canarla, were both Irishmen.
Henry Ryan, Thomas Madden, John Black, Matthew Riohey, John Carroll, John Dreden,|
Win. Henry Poole, might do to head the list and we could finish with T-rs. Burns,
7;ewart, Lrigge, and Potts.

If we take in Newfoundland, we can include the interesting story of how Meth-
odism grew out of the work of three Irishmen - Lawerence Coghlan, Arthur Thornly
and John Stretton - haw it was thence carried back across the Atlantio to the
Island of Guernsey and oh into Trance.

Let me give you another list of preahherss Samuel Heck, Augustus Shorts, Dav-
id bright, Wm. Miller, Aaron Miller, W.H. parker. "<.L. F>rethour, S.J. Shorey, J.
W.Sparling, W #H. Sparling, John Holmes, 'JVC. Switzer, A. Glazier, W.T. anith, C.
G. Coimeille, A.N. St. John, W*J. Smith. - These men all trace back to Irish
Palatine parentage. If we were to make a list of all those vho home been assist-
ed in their work by wives of Irish Palatine ancestery, we could, I think, make a
ftill larger list - Samuel Cheat*, Dariua Dunham, Joseph Lockwood, John Hick,
aoob freshman, and many others.

The Methodist Church in Canada has drawn its workers and adherents from many

lands and from many nationalities. The story 1 have tried to tell is not the

whole history of Methodism in this Province, But I submitt that it is a very iap-l

ortant part- a proof of the prophetic wisdom of that unique and marvellous man,

John Wesley, who. when remonstrated with for spending too much time a^d energy

in Ireland, replied j . __'„ .*"".•«

•Have patienit, and Ireland will repay you."

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The variants of the Surname Schweitzer or Switzer are Ctoreitzer, Schweizer,
Sweizer, Swlzer and possibly several others. This Surname is of Teutonic Crigin
meaning a man from Switzerland. She tz and- z being one and the same. Xhia
distinguished surname lias spread considerably throughout the Unite t^s.
Of Pennsylvania's early settlers we find the followin

In a list of passengers arriving at the port of Philadelphia, dated on
October 9, 1803, sailing from Amsterdam in Holland on boar free

(Kathaniel ^ay, master), we find records of a Dernhart Schwa i tsar atrina

3itzer. Little is known of them, only that they settled in . ,,/lvania
about the year 1805. Imported in the Ship I aney (.Villlam Wallace, Jiaoter)

ate unknown, are re cor ' a Jacob Pwitzor and a Christian Switzer. It is
believed that they settled in Pennsylvania about the year 1800-01. oard
the Ship Sebecca( Capt. avid ~ow, master), sailing from .'vaster dam in Holland
aate August 27, 1304, are reeor.'s of a Jacob Switzer and another Jacob
w-chweitzer and still another Jacob -chwitzer and his wife. They had landed at
Lazaretto, Pennsylvania. Pn a list of passengers sail! . 3ilp turiuj

(Van d'Seer, Captain) and arriv i Philadelphia about the year 1735, are

records af a -Caspar Schweitzer. Ha qualified on ay SO, 1735. 7a . ocords
of a Caspar ■.. euweitzer. Ha was imported in the cury of London

llliam -ilson, master) sailing from Rottardan in Holland, but laat from
Cowea in hgland, and he is recorded at the Court House in Philadelphia en
May 29, 1735. In a list of Passengers imported in the (James

ssel, master) sailing from Rottardam in Hollar. . last fro uth in

iland, are'recor s of a Ccnrath Schweitzer. Ha is recorded at tha rt
incuse in Philadelphia, ^ated Prilay, July 7, 1743. Imported In tha iiley
(Capt. James Allen, master) Sailing from hotter 'am In Holland, but lest from
Orkneys in Sootland, aro rec of a ran3 tophanui iweetzer. Ka also is
recorded at the Court Souse In Philadelphia, teted Thursday i "c-pt ember 5, 1751.
One of Fennsylvania's early pioneers was Frantz Schweitzer. ' 'e la r^cov ad as
being in Pennsylvania about tha year 17C4. Ra v.-as on board the Ship King of
Prusaia (Capt. Jaaaa ^obinson, master) sailing from _on'on in England. Tn a
list of men passengers on beard the Ship Baulah (Capt. Piehey, master) and
arriving in Pennsylvania about the year 1755. are raeorda of e Jurg 2 enrich
Schweitzer. Ha qualified on September 10, 1753. Imported is :mcis

Si.d . lizabeth, are records of a [an larich Switser. Little is known of him,
only that So ttlsd in Pennsylvania about the year 17-1?. find rae of a
Jacob Swiaaar. ia one oi Lsylvania'a early pioneers, sailing from Potter-
dam in Holland but last from Covae li land. the Pink
Plaisance (Joiin Parrett, master). He qualified on Pept ember PI, 1782. Tittle
is known of him only that he settled in Pannaylvania cbout th
. antian may be N o of a Jacob .zcr, who sailed on board \ hip v-rown
( ..icheal Jones, master) aalllBg from . ctterdam in Holland but laat from Cswas
in England. Hia records are in the Court House at Philadelphir ated ednesday,
At . X, 1740. In t of pas rs imported on I awley (Captain
John Groove, mast In ion tpttardan In Holland but from Plymouth
in aid, we find raobrda of a Jacob Shaaltaar, Leonard Dohwaitaar and a
Joseph Schweitzer, all these men are recorded at the Court Souse in Philadelphia,
Cated Monday, ,ctober 23, 1752. A Jacob ritser, was in Phila alphia about
the year 1775. Ha was imported in the Ship Pritannla (James Peter, master). I
sailed from Sotterdam in Holland but last from Cowes in England. Hia reoords
are "Joshua "isher a Son's _»tore" in Philadelphia, dated «er 18, 1773.

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J. L. Schweitzer, watchmaker and jewler, was born at Switzerland on August 10,
1845. In 1866, he went to Paris, France where he remained for a short time. In
1868 he landed in New York City, then went to St. Louis, Missouri and later
removed to Selma, Alabama in 1869. lie married Telen .'eipp and had issue5 four
children

Milton owitzer, farmer, was born in Ilancock County, Missouri on hfarah 19,
1840. His father was Sameul Cwitzer, who was a native of Pennsylvania and was
born in 1811. Bli mother was Julia A. (Royce) Swltzer. ~<r. uliltoa was the ol<
son and the fourth child in a family of eight children, and was rears- 1 near Tort
-inley, Ohio. Bs came to CalJwell County, * Missouri in 1866. He marrie on June
6, 1862, Amanda £ssex and had issue i ivechildren.

Jacob Switzer, farmer, was born in Hay County, Mississippi on October 8, 1840. |
His father was John Switzer and his mother was Elizabeth (Alexander) Switsar.
The family moved from Richland County, Ohio to Ray County in 182 * pj J.
Switzer married an iasue ten children.

Arthur flag* Switzer f .0., was born in Canada in 1878 and aquire early
education in the public and High Schools of his native country. EM 'was i lent
at the Chicago rental College, .i 1301 with the de.;-Tee or .S. e

married on July 20, 1003, C «an Morris Sreen of w.anteno, Illinois.

Stephen . witzer, 1682 - 1745 Agricultural writer, was well educated and
became a gardner under George London an:5, i.enry aise. He eventually became Seeds-
man in Westminister Hall, an! ha was ihs author of several books on Gardening.

C. ?. Switzer, a native of Kardy County, Virginia, where he was born on Sept-
ember 5, 1826. His paternal ancestors wer& German ana his maternal ancestors
were inglish. In 1847 he remove to Licking County, Ohio. In 1853 he set out for
California with Colonel tf. W. Hollister; and in 1834 he settle" in the town of
Pasadena, iCnown as " Switzer *s Camp".

• A.Stoitzer, Agriculturist, was born in Palmetto State in 1828 and was the
son of Fred Switzer, oho was a sol ier in the rsr of 1312 and who participated
in the Battle of leans. Mr* F. A. switzer came from Arkansas in December
1859 where he purchased quite a bit of land. In 1GC1 he enlisted in ihs Confed-
erate Army, irons- 'iseissippi Department and took an active part in the engage-
ments at the fhlts Elvar, liark's till and Prairie Grove. tarried Id I 58.
i&lss Julia Drummond of South Carolina and had issue six children, namely t Charli(
., David ^. » Nsttls It*, '.'red H. , loado and \osa i-ee.

George V. Switzer, clergyman, was born in lippecanoe County, Indiana on
November 2, 1854. Ho was the son of Pstar and Catharine (Sambau. r«
On September 20, 1381, he married Lldf stfall of Hontmorsnos en* was in 1880*
ordained to the K. 2. Ministry*

J. Ctto Schweitzer, Sculptor, was bor. ^ich, Saitaarl rch 27,
1SC5. He was the SOU of Jacob and Carolina Elizabeth (~,ebhardt) Sobasisar. Ha
was educate I at the Art School at Zurich; The aoyal Academy at Dreadan, under
Dr. J. Schilling; and at lorence, Italy. Ha married *,laria ileynen c -ladelphit
in 1902 and had one son, Antonia. He came to the United states in 1 md was a
Naturalized Cltisin In 1902. lie was one of the* most noted Sculptors of his time,
and his works were exhibited at the National Academy of resign in New York; the
Academy of nine Arts I Ladalphlat etc*

Albert Schweitzer, -r, of Phil., Dr. of .»ed. , and Hon. D* D., vaa born on
January 14, 1874. ISa was the son of Vicar of Gunsbach (Cberelsa3s) ; an jle
(., chill inger; chwsltsar. Bo married In 1312, Selene Dresslau and had issue one

-^hter. Se was c lucatad at tho wuiversties of Straosburg, Paris, and Serlin.
Ha became Doctor of Pailoaophy In 1898 j Doctor ^£ Theology in 1021; on iloctor
of Medicine in 1322. is tl^e founder of . the Hospital at jjaabarene (Sabon,
Afique Squatoriale) 1913-17; 1024-27; and 1929-32. He wrote several books worthy
of mention.

tan aptista Von Schweitzer (1005-1375) German Politlciam,and . it lo .Poet,

ment and afcer the death of Ferdinand Laasalle, in 1864, he became Preaidant of
General vVorking-men ■ s union of Germany. In 18G7 he was elected to Parliament
of the North German Pe eration. Schweitzer composed a number of dramas and
comodies, also a political novel.

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Philip Anderson Switzer, was bom at Upptr Tract, Pendleton County, Ve3t
Virginia, in 1337. He was the son or Tavid Z. and Trances A. (tfilcon) Switzer.

July 1, 1387, he married in Baltimore, .'achel Virginia, daughter of Silas ' .
and M. J. (Lemon) i.ScClung. Ihey had three children.

Paul ,. witzor, M. "., was born at Switzer in Sportr \ County, South
Carolina in 18338L lie was the son of James M. an,? Julia .(Archer) wither. Vr.
Switzer took hia Medical work in the Sedical Cdllege of t oste of ~outh
Carolina at Charleston, ^-ra'uating in 1910. 7ie married viiss Molie Layton and
they had two sons, Paul K. Junior and Tames Layton.

"avid 3. Switzer, President of v/eatherford College, waa born in TlgSr iver,
Spartanburg County, South Carolina in 1844. He wae the son of Samuel and -ary
(?) Switzer. In 1861 he entered the Confederate Army. He was severly wounded
and was male a cripple for life. In 1SG5 he he^an teaching in the neijhboohood
school. In 1373 Professor Switzer married iCiss Sebecca Ntyi and they had ten
children, eight of whom are st.ill living.

Charles K. Cwitzer, was born near Petersburg, "rant County, in 13*"°. Me was
the son of 'avid K. an"! Yancea A. (7/ilson) Switzer. lie &as married on .'ay £Q,
1379 to . innie NU« daughter of Allen and . artha (Siller) Dy«T# arid they had
three children.

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Rlestap records several Coat-of-Arms belcn^ir.^ to the Schweitzer o, Itzer
Samily, and the most generally used is as follows:

PER PAL: A BOT 2 . . PPR

Explanation of the above Armorial Coat:

PALE - Is Qaid to denote military strength and fortitude and has been bestowed

on those who have impaled or otherwise defended cities or who h&ve supported

the government of their sovereigns.

ARGENT - White or silver, signifies peace and sincerity.

AZURE - or blue, signifies Loyalty and Truth. It was the colour .levoted to the

Virgin by the Roman Church.

SULSS - or red, denotes military fortitude and magnanimity. It U also the

"Martyr's Color".

- is a weapon fitted for execution and justice. It is the tr^ >1« of
military honor and should incite the bearer to to a just and generous persult
of honor and virtue in warlike deeds.

WS UUI - Stands for Honor.

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Riestap also recorls several Coat-of-Arms belonging to the Schwelzer or Sweizer
Fsnily of whioh th« most generally used, Is as follows:

GULES TffO BATTLE AX HT CROSSED IN CENT \ BMAXX CSCSS WE*

Explanation of above Armorial Coat:

AXE CS _LE AXE - Is the symbol of the execution of military duty and is also
referred to symbolically in the scriptures.

CEISF - which occupies the whole of the top an: one third of the total surface
of the shield, signifies dominion and authority and has often been grants I as a
special reward for prudenc an! wisdom as well as for successful command in war.
CROSS - In every instance has reference to some Christian experience or sentimen|
It signifies ^aith,I:ope and Charity.

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MRS. ARTHUR

Mrs. Arthur John Switzer
died at the Wilton Nursing Home
on Oct. 20 following an illness
of several months. Her husband
predeceased her two months
ago. She was 84.

The former Lora Ellis
Lockwood, she was the daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Jeremiah Lockwood of
Enterprise.

Following her marriage to
Arthur J. Switzer in 1909, she
lived on a farm at Desmond for
32 years before Mr. and Mrs.
Switzer moved to Yarker. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Switzer were active
church workers at both
Desmond and Yarker.

The funeral service was from
the Wartman Funeral Home in

JOHN SWITZER jV^ ^. ) 9| 1^

Napanee and was conducted by
Rev. George Lavery of Yarker.
Mr. and Mrs. Lavery sang a duet
at the service.

Interment was in St. Luke's
Cemetery, Camden East.

Survivors include a daughter,
Martha of Enterprise and a
nephew, George Lockwood and
her husband's niece's, Mrs.
Evelyn Smith and Miss Edna
Switzer, Union Lake, Michigan,
Mrs. Ilia Walters, Pontiac
Michigan, Ethelbert Switzer,
Indian River Michigan and Mrs.
Bernice Greenway of Ottawa.

Pallbearers were: Victor
Drew, Murill Wright, Harold
Stover, Bruce Freeman, Jack
Jaynes and Earl Lee.

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PENNSYLVANIA Uf PIONEERS - by Strassburser ft Hinke, Vole. 1, 2, and 3.

SURNAMES CF THE UNITED DWDCH - by Harrison, Vol. 2,
WADE'S SYMBOLISMS OF ffflUTiOT
RIETSIAP AM9RIAL (UQORAL
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HISTORY OF BA R COUNTY OF Mfe VIRGINIA

HISTORY OF CC QUIA

HISTC f TEXAS

WHO1,: WHO IN MO ICA - Vol.18

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HISTORY OF CALDWELL AMD LIVINGSTON COUNTIES OF MISSOURI

HISTORY Qf ARIZONA - Vol. 3

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HISTORY OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY OF CALIFONIA

HISTORY OF 8WJHMI AHJ4WMI (HQiVTCEICAL AND BIOGRABHICAL)

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Catharine (Switzer) wife of George Coulter

died Sep. II ,1852 aged76 (bornin 1776)

George Coulter died Dec. 22, 1843 aged75 ( 1767)

Stone eroceted by son Dr.C Coulter.

Agness (Sitzer) wife of John Green
died July 11,1837 aged 78 (1759)

John Green died May 18,1830 aged 78 (1752) Revolutionary soldier
I eter Switzer two daughter

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Christopher son of John & Mary Switzer died Jan 20,1802 ared Two.

leter son of Christppher & Orra Switzer died 0-t.9 1801 aged limonthi

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on w: Sam Abi ail • fcatil^gydaa. I i 2«a sard born ft reside in
Camden, Dau. oi' Amoe a Jan* Car. it I sei , [enry Card, Jos ..vitzer.

.wathiow Switzer aged 28 resits in north Frederiahebour h,bcrn in ca^denl
carried on ^ug. £4,1862. Catharine Jane Llovd,a^ed 24, dau jf jamas ft ianel
Lloyd. born ft reside in North Frederiahebi*ugh.|°n of ^aniel ftjSarah

Calvin Switzer aged 22 resides 1 raderiehs. ugh, born in Caaden ^arrie- june|
11,1862 in lvapanee,son of Peter o* ^ , Fraderichaburgh,

born in Camden ,ma#r**4- Tanner <., > , Ifc iau« oi John ft Eliza eth

VanKoughnett raaidaa in Shif field born in Clarendon.

Loeenzo owitzer aged 34 reside ft born in Jaaden son of ieter ft Slezobeth
.vitzer carried Dec. 9 31,1863 . Mary *ane aged 21, born ft re^ida in
Camden dau. of David & Elizabeth Cook. J

John C lilaon aged 24, born ft resides in Camden, son of George ft Sarah
Wilson, married Jan. 11,1864. Ann 23 born in Garden presides in
Richmond, deu. of Daniel ftSarah Svritzer

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^arrie. May 3, 1864. Tana Switzer, agad 28, born &rejidj i Camden dau.
Samuel ftAligail Switzer.

'tfila.n J Switzer aged 26 reside in Can treville, born in Camden son of
Philip Sc ...ery Switzer, married xeb 23,1864 C? rah agad 2C deu. of James
ft ulergeret Brown borwn & reside in Frederichsbrough.

George N« Alkenbrck aged 42 reside in Camden, born in Frederichsbough,
son of Conelius ft «:ary Ann Alkenbrck, married July 16 , 1867

~ary Charlolte aged 22 born &reside in Camden, dau. of John ft Amelia

Switzer.

John Switzer age^ 25 born in north Frederichsbough reside in
Loughborough, son of John ft Sarah Switzer, married Sep. 22, I808
Hhroda a lurdy aged 18, Lorn ft reside in Loughborough ^ai. ol
Barnabas ft ^eriem iurdy.

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WIILIAII^SWI '...;, Deputy Reeve of Sunnidale, eldest
son of Daniel and Elizabeth (3 . .) Switzer, was ^-> ^
in i^rontenac County, U.C., in 1824. his f; ther r moving
to Albion, Peel County, when William was but two years
old, he spent his earl} life in that township, settlir
in Sunnidale in 18 - , ' h . en ; ged in the saw-mill
business and far . ■, Lich he has since pursued, he com-
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ship Council in 1861." In 1867 he was elected neeve - t
first chosen bj the popular vote - was re-elected in '70,
172, '73, and for the past several years he has been
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METHODIST MAGAZINE and REVIEW

APRIL, 1902

- EHE IRISH PALATINES *

By C. C* James, M.A.,
(Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Ontario)

If you go to Limerick, you can readily reach the Palatine settlements
of today by railway running south-west. Eleven miles from limerick you come
to Adare, the estate of the Earl of Dunraven, where the magnificent ruins of
three old abbeys attract your attention, and if you happen on the right day
you will see a Methodist gathering - a picnic - at the old Franciscan Abbey.
You will hear an address from some former .iiethodist minister; you will be
struck by the fine appearance of the crowd, and you will be introduced to
people bearing the names Ruttle, Switzer. Dulmage, and many others quite as
familiar to you.

Six miles farther on you can alight at dallingrane, where you will find
a whole-souled man in charge of the station, Mr, William Brooks, a Methodist.
Just opposite the railway station, you will see a neat little Methodist chapel
or preaching house - the Embury and heck Memorial Chapel. Near by once stood
the former home of Paul Heck.

As you take the rood for dathkeals, about a mile listant, lfr« Tooks
will suggest that you drop in and call at the old Ruttle homestead. I took his
advice gladly, and there I met the two old ladies whose sweet smile, pleasant
conversation and kindly old-fashioned Metho ist blessings linger with me yet.
They wort Miss Barbra Ruttle and her sister, -iTs. Sara Ruttle. _his is the house
in which darbra Ruttle Heck was born, though added to since then. ->rou pass from
the road through the heavy iron goteo into a neat, well-kept country yard. A
hedge grows green in front, .there stands an old pear tree under which John Wesmoy
used to preach.

In the sitting-room of the house are to be found some ;;ood Methodist books,
among which I noticed Stevens history of Methodism. On the wall is the portrait
of Barbra, familiar to us in America, and on either side hangs in a frame a
certificate of honourary membership in John Street Capel, Now York - for Jiiss
Barbra and Mrs. Ruttle have been so honoured, -they are grandnicces of our own

rbro Heck, -hey were pleased to hear of the progress of the Palatines in this
land and made enouiries for some of the late settlers in Canada; the Cornells,
the Shier s and others.

I asked to see the barn or stable, and was shown out through tie old part
of the house, where the clay floor and open hearth indicate antiquity. I looked
up at the huge beams above, and Miss Ruttle said: That loft is just as it was
ln Barbra 's time.* Out and across the court-yard and into the open barn - why
did I wish to see this place? Because there, when the weather was inclement,
John ..'esley preached to the Palatines nearly one hundred and fifty years a o.

But we must hurry away, though there is a pressing invitation to stay for
dinner. As I said ^ood-bye to those dear old ladies, (eighty- two and seventy-
seven years of age), thoughts of the grandmothers of some of us swept through
my mind, and I felt that this old heme in dallingrane was worthy of our
remembrance.

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